History. Rise of military Japan. (WWII:Japan)
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Rise of militarism in Japan.
4 Reason.
W . I . M . M
-->W
-->Weakness of central Government.
- Number of problems unable to solve.
- Little resource
-> Have to Import.
-> BUT, western restricted them to protect own interest.
-> Suffer from Trade inbalance
- Population boom.
-> More people, More food.
->not enough food
-> Have to Import food
-> Suffer more trade imbalance.
*People then turn to military and does not support the government anymore.*
I.
Impact of great depression.
-> Further worsen the already bad economic.
-> massive unemployment
-> No job, no money, no food
-> Food price increase
-> People Blame government
*Government lost support and people turn to military. Believe that using violence is the only way to solve this matter.*
M.
Military success.
Military Victories in Wars. -> Sino-jap war, war with china
- Won both Territory and Prestige(something like awareness).
- Territory gain -> korea, taiwan and liangdong
- Rised in international status ->Western Powers treats them as equal power.
Military Victories in Wars. -> Russo-jap war, war with russia
Factors lead to war:
- russia, germany, france 'advised' to return liaodong to china
- jap agreed.
- russia took over liaodong
- jap not happy
- declare war when nego break down
What happen?:
- jap won -> prove it superiority again.
Military Victories in Wars. -> WWI - World war 1
Jap- allies force.
-in the twenty one demands, jap force china to give them shandong, manchuria and mongolia
- Other world power agreed.
- prestige rose again,
- in a seat of league of nation...
*japanese start to believe that militarism/force will let them gain...*
M.
Military independence
Japanese Government fail to control Military.
- troops only report to war minister.
- take action on their own.
All this 4 factors lead to the rise of militarism in japan -
1)limited power of the diet
2) lack of prestige due to corruption
3) weak handling of economy problems. silk prices droped to 0. the original price..etc
4)showa restoration
5)patriotic societies
6)military's influence.
7) manchuria mukden incident etc..
economy problems, high taxes placed.
9) look down on japan as second rate power. No clause of equal reace in lon clause -
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